Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Animated; lively.
Wiktionary
- adj. Lively and animated.
- n. US, Navy A radio operator.
- n. UK, Australia, New Zealand An electrician; an electrical engineer.
Etymologies
- From spark + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“There's something there - an underlying belief that there's something "sparky" to this thing called "love" - and there is - but my question is, have we blown that out of proportion?”
“This is a personal choice so if you don't like 'sparky' brightly colored running shoes they may not be for you.”
“December 22nd, 2009 British singer ALEXANDRA BURKE has downplayed reports of a feud with her mother, insisting their relationship has always been "sparky".”
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
“If this is "sparky" he is neither a sheep rancher nor a retired teacher … he is a shill.”
“sparky" password when he noted that on at least one occasion, Mr. Arneson supposedly made data base inquiries on himself and his wife.”
Allison Hope Weiner: Pellicano Trial: FBI Experts, Computer Hacking And Crazy Cross Examination
“This, in her last appearance in Coronation Street, was the sad but sparky Becky McDonald to her whey-faced enemy Deirdre.”
The Guardian: She Stoops to Conquer; Henry V, The Winter's Tale – review
“This is also a neo-liberal class war by the managment unionizers who think they should be immune - not really "unfairly" targeted, but not targeted at all. sparky”
“Prior to The Low Down, Thraves had graduated from the Royal College of Art and gone on to make sparky short films and innovative music videos.”
“Seems likely to me that Gates had a budget all ready to submit, and team Obama yanked it back and said “not so fast there, sparky”.”
“For one thing, she's got an enormous range of voices – from the well-observed to the utterly bizarre – that she uses to create a galaxy of fresh-feeling and sparky comic characters.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sparky’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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Chained Bear's Favorite Words
peruvian, sparky, poop, etymological, fuck, whatnot, pulchritude, nosh, tetched, quotidian, squalid, trajectory and 388 more...
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Conversations for the Ages
A list of words that have fascinating conversations on them. Or just, you know, really funny ones. If I missed any, I hope someone will let me know...
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S is for Sweater Puppy
My S Words
secret agent, sweater puppy, skivvies, soda jerk, surly, space madness, sad sack, sadsack, scoundrel, scrabble, shaken teddy bear..., saucy and 181 more...
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Important Concepts I Learned from Wat...
mudhen, bowel resection, tracheotomy, shrapnel, brassiere, pinko, peace talks, salami, lebanese, section 8, hot lips, frank burns eats ... and 74 more...
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Word Box
A figurative box of words I don't want to miss.
quomodocunquize, distrain, foudroyant, vellicate, rhapsodize, dastard, zenzizenzizenzic, cuppa, fnese, intercloud, ofter, dimwitticism and 53 more...
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fun words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sparky.
kewpid An electrician. Dec 17, 2007
reesetee Well, you know what they say. You can't teach a gay dog straight tricks. Oct 9, 2007
seanahan Don't be gay, sparky, don't be gay. Oct 9, 2007
oroboros It would have been an interesting development if "Snoopy" had been named "Sparky" instead. Sparky is a common name for dogs, in my experience. Oct 8, 2007
john What friends called the cartoonist Charles Shulz: "Jean Schulz, Charles' second wife, said she read about three-quarters of Mr. Michaelis's third draft. She didn't disagree that her husband, whom friends called Sparky, was 'melancholy,' but she said that was only part of the story: 'It’s not a full portrait. Sparky was so much more. Most of the time he loved to laugh.'" (The New York Times, October 8, 2007)
Sparky. I love that that. Oct 8, 2007